The Sun. — London, England, 1836-11-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The accounts from Ireland, we are happy to say, re present the uneasiness with respect to the banks has in a great measure blown over. We can only repeat the advice we gave on Saturday, to those on whose con duct at this crisis so much depends—beware of preci- pitating matters from a selfish determination to get rid of difficulties coute qui coute. We all exist by confi dence, and when once confidence is shaken, no man or body of men can be pronounced safe. The following article in the Standard of Saturday cannot be too se- verely condemned : " FROM A CITY CORRIMONDENT.) "< I understand an order in Council will be issued this evening to stop payments in gold at the Bank.' " [We give this because it has been forwarded to us by a respectable party. We do not believe it.] " The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a long interview this morning with Lord Melbourne, at the Treasury. The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England afterwards visited the Right Hon. Gentleman in Downing- treet. It is said that Lord Melbourne paid a private visit to the Bank yesterday. " To return to the surmised Order in Council, we do not suppose such a measure to be as yet necessary, but the reverse ; and when necessary it is impossible that any Mi nisters can be so mad as to let their intention be known beforehand." _ If the Standard disbelieved the absurd rumour for warded to it by a respectable party, it ought not to have inserted it at'all. What would be thought of a person stating that such or such a banker was reported to be on the point of failing, but that we do not be lieve it ? The very mention of such an injurious re port, for which there could be no foundation, was highly culpable. The whole of the story about the private visit of Lord Melbourne to the Bank would be ridiculous, were it not mischievous, from being mixed up in the same paragraph with the supposed Order in Council to stop payments in gold. In fact, if Lord Melbourne had paid a visit to the Bank, why should such a visit be connected with an Order in Council to stop payments ? The Bank hold a large amount of Government securities, which can only he sold at a heavy loss ; and the law in Ireland, by being defective with regard to making Bank of Eng land notes a legal tender, is found to, cause consider able inconvenience. We have heard it observed, that the defect of the law with regard to Ireland ought to be remedied by an Order in Council-- and it is not improbable that this suggestion has been blunderingly confounded by some one for an Order in Council to stop payments in cash. As to the malicious remark in the Standard that such a measure as an Order in Council to stop payment in gold is not as yet necessary, we have no hesitation in saying that Ministers never dreamt of any such order, and that under no circumstances would they consent to it. If in the panic of 1825, when the Bank coffers were all but drained, Mr. Huskisson told it to expect no aid from Government, the present Ministry would not, under circumstances by no means calculated to justify any well-founded alarm, countenance any in terference between the Bank and its creditors. The truth is, that the fear is now from a too rapid influx of gold, in consequence of the sauve qui pent proceed ings of the joint-stock banks. By unnaturally depress ing the price of commodities, through the contraction of the issues of paper, gold will flow to this country as a matter of course. It is thought by many persons of good judgment in such matters, that the Bank of Eng land ought rather to temper than to accelerate the monetary revolution now in progress. But be this as it may, there will certainly be no occasion for an Order in Council ; and were even the influx of gold, on which we calculate with certainty, not to take place, the Bank could always, by selling Exchequer Bills (at a heavy loss, no doubt) prevent a demand for gold by contraction its issues. However absurd the article in the Standard is, it is still calculated to do mischief at this time. We observe that a Sunday paper (the Observer) says :—" The f)bject of the Standard and the Tories is clear—to embarrass the Government coute qui coute, whether by a run on the Bank to paralyse all commercial transactions of the country, or, by exciting the paupers to an insurrection, to put the empire in flames—the Tories trusting to confusion to reap some private benefit for themselves." Though we cannot acquit the .Standard of culpable levity, we can hardly think so ill of the Tories in general as that they would encourage a commercial crash, from the selfish motive here assigned. That would be madness with a vengeance l—illorning Chronicle. Our voluinhious correspondence from Dublin will command attention at such a period as the present, although we are not sure that it throws over the affairs of Ireland, or the proceedings of those who are usu ally most active in disturbing them, any very novel or unexpected colour. It will be observed that Mr. Daniel O'Connell has once more taken the field, and that if affliction have had any sensible effect upon him, it is not, unquestionably, that of softening his asperity, or restraining his disposition to violence or threats. His demands are as audacious and insolent as ever ; his declamation is frothy, reckless, and inflammatory, for which, among other motives, the approach of the " rint" day is manifestly one, and the necessity of administering a strong stimulant to the munificence of a million of Irish paupers another. The two most noticeable points in the long speech delivered by this incendiary at the Association are, Ist, his enumera tion of the several sine quibus non for " the people of Ireland"—viz., the " total abolition of tithes," (not the commutation, be it remembered—not the appropriation clause, which that poor, shallow, self complacent hypocrite, Lord John Russel, proposed as a measure which would" pacify" Ireland !). No such thing as that will " pacify" Mr. Daniel O'Connell —no longer any appropriation clause for him. .He goes at abolition, or nothing. Then there follows the Popish Corporation Bill ; next, universal suffrage, and the ballot 1 The Peers, for this time, escape un stricken : on that matter there have been remonstrances the fruit of which will be seen by and by. 2d. His assault upon Lord Plunket—a broad unmitigated out rage upon the Lord Chancellor of that Whig-Radical Government, which the agitator pretends as a whole to eulogize. Whether this is in the best taste, or with the happiest grace, after just emerging from a bitter personal conflict with the Learned Lord, of which the object was to see who should get possession of a good large loaf, and a considerable fish, in the shape of an Accountant-Generalship of 1,2001. a year, it is not for us to determine. The report is, that a certain Han nibal Plunket has been defeated in this fight, and that it is Mr. Fitzsimon, the son-in-law of the Agitator, who has played Scipio Africanus. At all events, Lord Plunket must, if he had not been blinded by the sordid appetite for office and its appendages, have an ticipated what he had eventually to look for at the hands of Mr. O'Connell. His Lordship used to speak in Parliament with much inveteracy against all attacks upon the Church—indeed with more te naciousness of what many moderate Conservatives used to call the indefensible parts of the Church Establishment than any other politician. The property of the Church was above all things precious in L or d Plunket's eyes. Yet here we find him the humble and slighted fag-end of a Ministry, which came into office distinctly as destroyers of the Church, and slaves of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, against whom, if we mistake not, the Learned Lord has before now deli vered himself of no scanty portion of censure from his place in both houses of Parliament. The Learned Lord, therefore, but meets his deserts. Perhaps it is from O'Connell's lips that an intimation is meant to be conveyed to Lord Plunkett of a readiness on the part of Lords Melbourne and John Russell to dispense with the services of the present Lord Chancellor for Ireland. We do not know that any other portion of our Irish letters calls for immediate remark. Should it turn out that Mr. O'Loghlen has actually refused the succession to the vacant seat in the Exchequer, Mr. Richards having, in the mean time, been appointed Attorney-General—for all which there is precedent in the case of Sir W. Home—it will be apparent that some claim put forth by the Learned Gentleman, con tingent on circumstances in fittnro, has been resisted by the Whig Administration. As, for instance, O'Loghlen /oquitur," You must let me take the place of Baron Smith, with succession to a Chief-ship when it falls vacant." Lord J. R., respondent—" You shall have the seat on the Exchequer Bench ; but fur ther, Le Roi s'avisera ;" upon which O'Loghlen sulks, and exit. We do not say that such things have happened precisely to the letter. But at least it would explain naturally and easily the facts which appear upon the surface. It were odd enough if Lord Plunket himself were to furnish the first vacancy on the Irish bench.— Times. Two meetings are to be held in the course of this evening, both of which have for their object the con sideration of the evils of an irresponsible House of Lords, and of the measures which it may be deemed • necessary to adopt for their speedy and effectual re moval. The one consists of a meeting of the Reform Association of the liberal Borough of Lambeth, and takes place at the Elephant and Castle, at seven o'clock, and its object is to consider whether a public meeting of the inhabitants ought to be called with as little delay as possible, in order thereby to afford them an opportunity of expressing their sentiments on this most important and all-engrossing subject—the other takes place at the George and Dragon, on Blackheath-hill, and goes directly and at once to the consideration of the latter purpose. The sentiments of this Journal upon Peerage Reform have been so frequently expressed, and are so well known to our readers, that it is unne cessary for us to say how heartily . we applaud the in tentions of the promoters of these intended meetings— how desirous we are that they should be numerously and respectably attended—that they should be cha racterized by firmness, Moderation, and unanimity— and that the sentiments expressed at them shall be such as not only the exigencies, but the policy of the times, in which we live, and the difficulties by which his Majesty's Ministers are surrounded, so impera tively demand. It is the duty, as it is the right of the people, at all times, both to work out and to maintain their own rights and privileges ; but it is an unfailing certainty that if they fail to discharge it—no one else —no Government, however liberal, or however well-in tentioned—can discharge it for them. They must be at their posts, and on the watch, clad in the armour of firmness, and with hearts determined to obtain justice— or consent to live the bondsmen of needy and plun dering aristocrats—the scorn and contempt of sur rounding nations! Is there any one so blind, or foolish, or forgetful, as not to know that Lord Grey's Govern ment might have' preached in vain to the House of Lords for hundreds of years, could its members have existed so long, without being able to carry the Reform Bill—only a first, and by no means effective, instal ment, of the rights which belong to the million—if that Government had not been strenuously supported by the great mass of the people, and the Lords had not been made to see that instead of the destruction of a number of rotten boroughs, consequent upon that Bill passing into a law, that of their own House would have resulted from their refusal to pass it, and such a con vulsion of the millions of oppressed and injured indivi duals as might for years have involved in jeopardy the whole property of the country? Well, then, knowing this to be the fact, of what use are the lessons of the past, unless they are rendered available for the gui dance and direction of our conduct for the future ? If the Reform Bill was carried to a successfnl issue by the union, spirit, and determination, of Reformers of all classes, the same means will not only obtain Peer age Reform,. but every other national improvement which the rights and interests of the country demand ; and without their employment it is iinpossible to con ceive anything more silly or unjust than to accuse his Majesty's Government of not going along with the peo ple, and of not carrying those measures into effect which are demanded by the rights of the people, and the inte rests of the country. It is from the people that the 7novement must come—and not from the Government. It is the duty of the one to administer and to obey—of the latter to issue their commands, and to see that they are obeyed. A reforming people will always secure a reforming Government ; but without a reforming people no reforming Government was ever known to exist, and could not exist in a country situate like England, for twenty-four hours. The Tories know this well now, however ignorant they might have for merly been of the fact, and they are accordingly at tempting to practise every species of delusion upon the people, in order to persuade them that they arc Reformers—that they are their best friends—that the present Government is lukewarm in their service—and that to their hands only can the reins of Government be safely and beneficially entrusted. Reformers, let them be fought with their own weapons. It will not do to rest upon your oars, when the enemy is in the field and attempting to effect your destruction, You may nct all be ripe for that thorough Reform of the Home of Peers, which must eventually come ; but you must not rely too much upon the justice of your cause. There is a cunning, and skilful, if no; a powerful enemy, to deal with ; and no stone ought to be left unturned in order to defeat his purposes.—Morning Advertiser. Among the many improvements projected in the metropolis there is not one so desirable as that which was long ago proposed, but which the London Corpo ration has hitherto successfully resisted—we mean the removal of the great cattle market from Smithfield to a neighbourhood where the inconvenience and danger which the public suffer fro-.n its present locality might be obviated. Not only has such an improvement been resisted by the civic body, but its best exertions were used to keep up a monopoly, and to prevent the inha bitants of the metropolis having the benefit of another market, even so remote from their own as the neigh bourhood of Islington. The enterprising projector of that undertaking has, however, succeeded, notwith staiidina the corporate opposition which he had to en counter° during two Sessions, in obtaining an Act of Parliament for holding a market at the latter place, which has been constructed at great expense, and which is now open and established. It would he well if the danger to which the public are conti nually exposed, by the driving of cattle through the crowded streets and the exhibitions of cruelty of which Smithfield is the scene, could be got rid of altogether ; but as the reforming Corpora tion are not yet prepared to concede that much desired measure of practical reform, the next best thing to be done is, that the public should give every possible encouragement to an undertaking by which the metropolis obtains the advantages of a great market, without any of the attendant evils which seem to he inseparably connected with that of Smith field. From an advertisement in our columns to-day, it appears that a Company is about to be formed to carry on the market under proper regulations—for the details we refer our readers to the advertisement itself. It appears that the market occupies an area of fifteen acres, that of Smithfield being only five—a space far too small to afford the requisite accommodation to the stock sent for the supply of the metropolis. The re moval of the evil described in the following extract from the prospectus of the Company ought alone to be a sufficient inducement to the public to uphold the new Islington market. In speaking of the benefits to the consumer, it is stated that " many of the animals pur chased in Smithfield are slaughtered in a heated and infuriated state, caused by the continued ill-treatment they of necessity undergo to confine them in the crowded droves in which they are sold, and the flesh is consequently less wholesome and profitable than when the animal is slaughtered in a cool and healthy condi tion, free from bruises or other injuries calculated to render the meat unfit for human food." Thus consi derations of humanity, of public health, and of per sonal safety in our crowded streets, combine to recom mend Islington market to the encouragement and sup port of the public.—Morning Herald. The pressure on the Money Market, as will be seen by the communication of our City correspondent, is still very severe. It gave rise on Saturday to some tumours of a character at once so absurd and mis chievous, that we forbear to repeat them. One of the i mm ediate causes of the gloom and depression in Lon don was no doubt the run upon some of the Irish Banks. The following intelligence, which we extract from the Dublin Evening Mail of Friday, is calcu lated to remove, or atleas the least tostmatietigoafteavffearlyrsconside rably, the anxiety which Ire land, at the date of the preceding accounts had occa sioned ; " THE BANKS.—In our last we stated that the drafts of the Northern Bank which reached town on Wednesday, were refused at the Hibernian Bank, where the orders had previously been regularly paid. We are glad to be able to state that all the drafts were this day duly honoured by Messrs. Watson and Co., who had formerly been the agent of the Belfast Bank in this city. The run upon the Agri cultural and National Banks has almost altogether ceased. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1836. A large supply of specie arrived at both these establish ments yesterday, from England ; and we sincerely trust ,hat a panic, arising from groundless apprehensions, or, what is worse, generated by unworthy motives, will not again produce effects which can only injure public credit by shaking public confidence. We copy the following from the Ulster Times:— " The banks in Belfast are as respectable as those in any part of the empire ; their solvency and resources un doubted, and their proprietary composed of the merchants of Belfast and the province of Ulster. Those holding their notes are as secure as if they held those of the Bank of England or Ireland ; and while there is no establishment which may not be inconvenienced for a time by the effects of groundless and blind alarm, we recommend our readers not to allow themselves to be misled by the representations of foolish or malicious persons, but to repose their confi dence, undiminished, in the banks of this town, with whom their own interest is so closely connected. Under existing circumstances, all prudent banks will be cautious in their issues, the effect of which must be immediately felt in the fall in prices of all produce—indeed it has been already felt ; but it rests with the public, by firmness and confi dence, to put a speedy stop to such an evil, and restore matters to their accustomed state.'" It was very generally believed in the City in the afternoon of Saturday, and we have reason to think the opinion is not unfounded, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has at length made up his mind to in crease the interest upon Exchequer Bills, so as to assi milate those Securities to the general condition of the Money Market. Had this been done some time ago, when its necessity was forcibly urged upon Mr. Spring Rice by disinterested and experienced men of business, much of the inconvenience and mischief which have occurred might unquestionably have been avoided, and at less expense to the State also, for a less consider able addition to the interest would then have suf- ficed than will be necessary now that the pressure and the panic have been suffered to proceed so far. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has shewn himself to be a very shabby as well as a very conceited person, and all that his apologists offer in extenuation of his conduct amounts to nothing more than an express acknow 7 ledgment of these imperfections in his character. The latter, like the Right Hon. Gentleman himself, only look at the question "as one of direct profit and loss be tween the Exchequer on the one hand, and the Bank of England and other banks, who happen to be consi derable holders of Exchequer Bills, on the other. One might almost fancy they were buyers of these articles, they seem so much afraid that anything should be done to keep their price above par, and to make them saleable without difficulty. These persons wholly forget that pro vision is made in every Act of Parliament under the au thority of which the Securities in question are assured to prevent their sinking below par ; that it is of the essen tial spirit of the contract between the Government and the holders that they should not be permitted to fall below par. on account of the lowness of the inte rest ; and that it has been the practice of every former Chancellor of the Exchequer to act in uniform ac cordance with this spirit. Hence it is that bankers have always regarded Exchequer bills as the safest ' possible investment of their spare capital, and that banks of issue have held them as the most solid basis of their circulation. Mr. Spring Rice would change all this rather than incur the reproach of Mr. Hume, for anticipating by a few weeks the period when he must either raise the interest, or take back the bills in payment of duties. And what does the country gain by this peddling policy ? It may be summed up in a few words. The Bank of England, at a season of great commercial pressure, is compelled to withdraw its usual accommodation to merchants and traders, from its inability to sell the Government securities in its possession. The great channel through which the reservoirs of capital would have diffused their supplies in every direction in which capital was temporarily but urgently required is dammed up. Payments are in many instances suspended or postponed. General distrust spreads throughout the whole mercantile com munity. Prices fall, and an expectation is engen dered that they must fall still lower. Numerous per sons begin to act upon the notion, however fallacious, that nothing is good to hold but money ; and that no course is safe but a general and absolute refusal to trust any body. In this crisis of alarm multitudes of persons are ruined, industry stagnates, and the re venue declines. A noble achievement this for a Chan cellor of the Exchequer ! And what does the penu rious financier eventually gain even in his darling item of the interest of Exchequer Bills ? He gains the final and inevitable necessity of raising it to a higher rate than, under a wiser and more generous policy, could ever have been required.—Morning Post. The Reform Association of Lambeth held a meeting I this day, to consider the expediency of calling a public meeting to petition for reform of the Lords. CORNWALL.—C. J. W. Carteret is a candidate for the representation on liberal principles. ORIGIN OF ALMACK'S.—The rise of Almack ' s mg ) , serve to illustrate the mode in which this sort of em pire was consolidated. A few pretty women, not in the highest rank of the nobility, met at Devonshire house to practise quadrilles, then recently imported from the Conti nent. The establishment of a subscription ball was sug gested, to which none but the very elite were to be admis sible ; the subscription to be low, with the view of checking the obtrusive vulgarity of wealth. The fancy took, and when it transpired that the patronesses had actually refused a most estimable English Duchess, all London became mad to be admitted ; exclusion was universally regarded as a positive loss of caste, and no arts of solicitation were left untried to avert so horrible a catastrophe. The wives and daughters of the oldest provincial gentry, with pedigrees traced up to the Heptarchy, have been seen humbling themselves by the lowest acts of degradation to soften the obdurate autocratesses ; and we fear it is no exaggeration to say that more than one parvenu has been known to bar ter his vote in Parliament, and more than one parvenue her honour, for a ball-ticket. The prestige has gradually abated, and the institution is now tottering to its fall ; but its origin is worth recording, as a ludicrous phenomenon in the pro gress of society.—Quarterly Review. As a party of labourers were excavating the ruins of Santa Engracia, in Saragossa, they came to a shell which had been buried beneath the rubbish since the year 1808. Their curiosity led them to clear it from the earth, and having discovered that it was still charged, one of them coolly took the cigar from his mouth and lighted the fuse. The shell, after fizzing for a short time, exploded, as was to be expected, and the poor Dons were knocked about in all directions, one of them having his head shattered to pieces and others losing legs and arms. The paper which mentions this accident, winds up by saying most dolefully—" Still do the bombs thrown by the French in those days cause mi sery to Spaniards." TAMENESS OF THE WOLF.--I remember a she wolf at the Zoological Gardens, which would always come to the front bars of her den to be caressed as soon as I, or any other person whom she knew, approached : she had pups, too ; and used to bring them in her mouth, to be also noticed ; and so eager, in fact, was she that her little ones should share with her in the notice of her friends, that she killed all of them in succession by rubbing them against the bars of her den, as she brought them forward to be fondled. But M. Frederic Cuvier relates a more extraordinary in stance of affection and recognition, which would do credit to the most esteemed and fostered of the canine race. The individual in question was brought up as a young dog, be came familiar with every person whom he was in the habit of seeing, and, in particular, followed his master everywhere, evincing evident chagrin at his absence, obeying his voice, and showing a degree of submission scarcely differing in any respect from that of the most thoroughly domesticated dog. His master being obliged to be absent for a time, presented his pet to the Menagerie du Roi ; where the animal, con fined in a den, continued disconsolate, and would scarcely take his food : at length, however, his health returned, he became attached to his keepers, and appeared to have for gotten all his former affection ; when, after eighteen months, his master returned. At the first word he uttered, the wolf, who had not perceived him amongst the crowd, recog nised him, exhibited the most lively joy, and, being set at liberty, lavished on his old friend the most affectionate ca resses, as the most attached dog would have done after an absence of a few days. A second separation was followed by similar demonstrations of sorrow, which, however, again yielded to time. Three years had passed, and the wolf was living happily in company with a dog which had been placed with him, when his master again returned, and again the long-lost but still-remembered voice was instantly replied to by the most impatient cries, which were redoubled as soon as the poor fellow was at liberty ; when, rushing to his mis ter, he threw his forefeet on his shoulders, licking his face with every mark of the most lively joy, and menacing his keepers, who offered to remove him, and towards whom, not a moment before, he had been showing every mark of fondness. A third separation, however, seemed to be too much for this faithful animal's temper ; he became gloomy, desponding, refused his food, and for a long time his life ap peared in great danger. His health, however, returned ; but he no longer suffered the caresses of any but his keepers, and towards strangers manifested the original savageness of species.--History of British Quadrupeds. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 12. IN THE MATTER OF THE ROCHESTER CHARITIES. This was a petition to stay the confirmation of the Mas ter's report, appointing seventeen persons to act as trusteess for the administration of charities under the controul of the new Corporation of Rochester, and praying also that leave may be given to the petitioners to go before the Master, and propose seventeen other persons as fitting and proper in their opinion to have the direction of the charities. Mr. B. ANDERDON, in support of this petition, reminded his Lordship that the election of the town councillors of the borough of Rochester had terminated most untowardly in the return of nine persons of one party in politics, and of nine persons of another party ; and the consequlice had been that there was no election of mayor or Aldermen, and in point of fact, no corporate body. Notwithstanding this state of things, it appeared that nine persons of one party had taken on themselves to present a petition in the form warranted by the Act of Parliament for the appointment of trustees to administer the charities, and that, having ob tained the usual reference to the Master, they had gone in and proposed seventeen persons of the same political opinions as they entertained themselves to be the trustees. It would be, perhaps, too strong an expression to say that this was a fraud on the nine persons who held opposite opinions ; but if it could not be stigmatised as an instance of had faith, it was, at all events, such an exhibition of po litical partisanship as would not be countenanced by that Court. The Loan CHANCELLOR said ho could pay no attention to statements respectinc , political parties in these boroughs. He would rather not know that there were such things as political parties. Mr. ANDERDON admitted that his Lordship could not take judicial cognizance of such a circumstance, except in so far as it might be suggested in argument, for the purpose of showing that a selection of seventeen persons from one party would not, nor could not be satisfactory to the respect able inhabitants of the wealthy and populous borough of Rochester. That, indeed, was the main ground of complaint. The LORD CHANCELLOR was anxious to hear why the parties had not gone before the Master in time to oppose the election of trustees, and before the report was drawn up. Mr. ANDERDON replied that the petitioners, Mr. Mack intosh and Mr. Batten, had no information of the presenta tion of the petition until too late. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I see nothing in this case which should induce me to depart from the practice of the Court, nor to interfere with the Master's report in the ap pointment of persons as trustees, unless some substantial objection is made against the parties so appointed. As the practice of the Court and the reason of the thing is against such an application, I must necessarily refuse it, and with costs. Mr. BLUNT—With costs ? The LORD CHANCELLOR—Yes, with costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nor. 12. EX-PARTE MERCERON. Mr. PRICE made an application on Friday to the Court under the following circumstances ;—Mr. Merceron (whom he described as a person who had seen better days) had been arrested by his uncle in January last, and, not being able to procure bail, was thrown into prison. He had been afflicted for eleven years with paralysis, which had rendered him to tally incapable of feeding himself, or of attending to any of the common necessities of life. He was now in a room in prison where there were other beds, and his wife was com pelled, from his helpless state, to render him the most par ticular attentions even in the presence of other prisoners. The case was a most distressing one. The uncle was a wealthy man, and had been begged to release the unfortu nate man, but in vain. Ile had retarded the proceedings as much as possible. He (Mr. Price) had affidavits stating that on a trial there must be a verdict in favour of the de fondant, who had pleaded the statute of limitations. Mr. Price, therefore, had to apply to the Court for a rule to show cause why the defendant should not be liberated on filing common bail. Their LORDSHIPS said the case, as represented, appeared a very painful one. They would look in the books, and decide in the morning. On the sitting of the Court on Saturday Lord Denman said the Judges had looked into the cases, but they could not grant the rule. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nor. 12. BEER AND OTHERS V. MOORE. This was an — action on a bill for 2001., due on the 24th of June, eleven days after Term. The venue had been laid in Surrey, and the case svas tried before Mr. Justice Gazelee, at the Guildford Assizes, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, the case not being defended. The prothonotary refused to allow greater costs than would have been necessary if the action had been tried in London, where the parties resided. Mr. Thessiger, last week, moved for a review of the taxation. The COURT deferred its opinion, which it pronounced to-day. They had inquir©d into the practice of the other two Courts, and had learned that no distinction was made as to the laying of the venue. As, therefore, it was desir able the practice should be uniform, the better course would be to allow the taxation to be reviewed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Just as the office was about to close on Saturday a gen tleman, who gave the name of Robert Huish, was put to the bar before Mr. DYER, the sitting Magistrate. Before the charge was entered into, a lady came forward, labouring under great distress, and solicited permission to address the Bench on belalf of her husband. Her request, we understood, was for a private hearing, which Mr. Dyer immediately negatived. Sir Henry Haver one of the librarians to the British Museum, said the defendant was introduced, in 1829. as a reader at the Museum, by the present Lord Mayor. From information given to me I had reason to suspect that a book in Mr. Huish's possession had been mutilated, and in consequence of this communication I sent for three vo lumes of the Aforning Chronicle, and on inspecting the volume for 1814 I found it had been mutilated in three places. From the freshness of the parts I suspected it had been recently done, and I sent for finish on Thursday, and mentioned the circumstance to him. He denied the charge, and I then sug gested, for the satisfaction of the trustees, and to clear his own character, that he should submit to be searched. Mr. Huish was, at first, reluctant to comply, but afterwards he so far assented as to pull out some papers and other things from his great-coat pocket. A gentleman asked him what he had got in his right-hand coat pocket , a nd then he ad mitted lie had taken some extracts from the volume. Hav ing ascertained the fact, I considered then my duty had ended, and my next step was to mention the case to the principal librarian, Sir Henry Ellis. Mr. Dxea—And Sir Henry discharged his duty by laying the matter before the trustees, who determined to take the present notice of it. I need not hesitate to say, what Sir Henry Haver has already expressed, that the trustees desire the utmost lenity to be shown to the person who has committed this offence, consistent with justice and the impropriety of the act. As it' is quite evident there is no disposition in the parties who bring the case forward to inflame the circumstances, I presume the damage will be placed at a low estimate. Sir Henry Haver—Every thing has been done to save Mr. Huish's feelings, but the trustees felt they could not take any other steps than those they have taken. Defendant-1 fully acknowledge my fault, and the guilt of abstracting parts from the volume ; but I hope my cha• rat ter and th number of years during which I have been admitted to the Museum will plead in my.favour. I have the fullest desire to restore the volume to its original state, and as this is the first thing of the kind I ever did in my life, I hope to obtain your lenity and compassion. Sir Henry Haver—l have examined other books which have passed through Mr. Huish's hands, and I have found no mutilation. lam willing and ready to believe the only mutilation is in this one volume. Mr. Huish—l feel the kindness of the trustees in this matter. I am engaged on a work which must be com pleted by a certain time, and as I could not copy the ex tracts with sufficient expedition, I certainly, in a moment of desperation, was obliged to resort to the mode which has placed me here. With respect to the volume, I will take care that the Museum suffers no loss by the mutilation. Mr. DYER, having conferred for a few minutes, said—lt is really distressing to have a case of this sort to decide upon, for it must be quite evident from the reluctance of those parties who had felt it to be their duty to bring it for ward, to take any steps which may affect you seriously. The damage is, in a spirit of fairness, put at 11., a sum which must be inflicted on you, and, if not paid, it will be my painful duty to commit you. Defendant—l will not only pay the money cheerfully, but I will go further, and say that no cost shall be spared on my part to restore the volume to its former value. The money was paid, and the parties retired. ILITTON-GARDEN. An intelligent looking lad, named Jenkins, was brought before Mr. LAING by policeman Alien, No. 2.50 N, under the following extraordinary circumstances : The defendant was without hat, shoes, stockings, or shirt, and his clothing consisted of a sleeveless jacket, to which was`tacked a few pieces of cloth and rags to cover the lower part of his person. His deplorable plight and history excited great sympathy. The officer, for upwards of twelve months past, had known the prisoner about the cattle layers in Islington ; and, let the weather be ever so inclement, upon no place but the cold ground could the defendant be persuaded to re pose, and he obtained his food either by begging or thieving. Witness had apprehended him and brought him to that office numerous times, and he had in each instance been de livered up to his father, who possesses a princely fortune ; but his parent had never been able to keep him under his protection for more than two days. Waddington, the gaoler of the office, had seen the de fendant in custody there at least twenty times, and be was aware that his father had done every thing to make the lad love his home, but his habits were so vicious that he was now satisfied the lad was irreclaimable. Every time that the father had recovered him he had forthwith clothed him in the most expensive stylo, and the moment he obtained his liberty he would dispose of his apparel in a manner which was attended with extreme mystery, and in a few hours afterwards might be seen about brick kilns and cattle layers in the wretched state he then presented. Mr. LAING recollected the prisoner perfectly well, and wished to know if the father was aware that his son was again in charge ? Allen, the officer, had called at the residence of' the fa ther, but had not met with him. Mr. LAING asked the defendant his age ? Lad—l am turned nine. Mr. LAING—How long is it since you were here ? Lad —About six weeks. Mr. LAING—Did your father take you away from here? Lad—Yes ; and I ran away from him in two days. Mr. LAING—Why did you? Lad—Because my father was going t• send me to sea. Waddington—l know that his father agreed to give a large sum of money to the captain of a ship to take the prisoner under his charge, hoping by these means to bring him to his senses. As soon as the prisoner comes of age he will be entitled to a large fortune. Mr. LAING would see what the House of Correction dis cipline would do, and committed the prisoner to that prison for fourteen days. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday Thomas Drake, who was charged on Thurs day with a murderous attempt upon his son, a boy of ten years of age, was brought up for re-examination. Evidence was produced to corroborate the testimony given on the former day, and the prisoner was remanded. The boy now lies in the London Hospital. I must observe that I never did see either a graceful or dignified Persian ; indeed, their dress does not admit of the first, and rough abrupt manners, with a loud voice, are now the fashion, in order to imitate the tribes-men and court party. I should call the Persians ruffian dandies.— Rich's Curdistan. In justice to the conductor at Manchester, whom we have heard arraigned for inciting Madame Malibran to repeat the duet (which was but the feather that broke the back of the horse), we think it right to state what we know to be the truth. Malibran, after making imploring signs for remission to the audicnee, turned to Sir George Smart, and said—" If I sing it again, I shall die." Ife answered to this effect—that nothing remained but for her to leave the orchestra, and he would address the audience. She said, with renewed energy—" No, I will do it ! but I shall die."—New Monthly Arag,azine. A very fine young golden pheasant was shot on the estate of Sir Thomas Hesketh, of Rufford, in this county, last week. It is supposed that it was one of a brood turned out some time ago, with a view of naturalising those beauti ful birds in this country ; and from its condition and wild ness, it is not unlikely that the experiment may succeed. Our common pheasant, and even our barn-door fowls, are all natives of southern climates, however much they may now appear to be at home in this country ; and there is therefore nothing unreasonable in the expectation that the golden pheasant may also, in the course of a few years, be come accustomed to the climate.—Manchester Guardian. LONGEVITY.-There died, on the 31st of last month, in the city of Zlvolle, in Holland, a man named Isaae Heynderyk, who was born in the same month, in 1736, so that he was just a century old. He was a tradesman in a small way, and was always deemed a man of good cha- racter. When people understand that they must live to gether, cxcept for a very few reasons known to the law, they learn to soften, by mutual accommodation, the yoke which they know they cannot shake off. They become good hus bands and good wives from the necessity of remaining hus bands and wives, for necessity is a powerful master in teach ing the duty which it - imposes. If it were once understood that upon mutual disgust married persons might be legally separated, many couples who now pass through the world with mutual comfort, with attention to their common off spring, and to the moral order of civil society, might have been at this moment living in a state of mutual unkindness, in a state of estrangement from their common offspring, and in a state of the most licentious and unreserved immorality. In this case, as in many others, the happiness of some indi viduals must be sacrificed to the greater and more general good. To be sure, if people come together in marriage with the extravagant expectations that all are to be halcyon days—the husband conceiving that all is to be authority with him, and the wife that all is to be accommodation to her—everybody sees how that must end ; but if they come together with a prospect of happiness, they must come with the reflection that, not bringing perfection in themselves, they have no right to expect it on the other side ; that hav ing respectively many infirmities of their own to be over looked, they must overlook the infirmities of each other. — Lord Stowell. A STORY TOLD BY DR. RUSII.—" During the time that I passed at a country school, in Cecil county, in Maryland, I often went on a holyday, with my school mates, to see an eagle's nest upon the summit of a dead tree, in the neighbourhood of the school, during the time of the incubation of the bird. The daughter of the farmer, in whose field the tree stood, and with whom I became ac quainted, married, and settled in this city about forty years ago. In our occasional interviews, we now and then spoke of the innocent haunts and rural pleasures of our youth, and, amongst others, of the eagle's nest in her father's field. A few years ago I was called to visit this woman, when she was in the lowest stage of typhus fever. Upon entering the room I caught her eye, and, with a cheerful tone of voice, said only—the eagle's nest. She seized my hand, without being able to speak, and I discovered strong emo tions of pleasure in her countenance, probably from a sud den association of, all,,her domestic connections and enjoy ments with the Wozds,.which I uttered. From that time she began to recover. She is now living, and seldom fails, when we meet, to salute me with the echo of—the eagle's nest." • LEGENDS OF THE ROSE..—The following details respecting the rose are taken from a very able and scientific work, now in course of publication, entitled Arboretum et Fruticetion Britannicum :—The Romans were fond of roses. Cleopatra received Anthony at one of her banquets in an apartment covered with rose-leaves to a considerable depth ; and Antony himself, when dying, begged to have roses scat tered on his tomb. The Roman Generals who had achieved any remarkable victory, were permitted to have roses sculp tured on their shields. Rosewater was the favourite per fume of the Roman ladies, and the most luxurious even used it in their baths. In the East the rose has always been a favourite with the poets. They represent the nightingale as sighing for its love, and many beautiful verses are derived from this fiible. In a curious fragment, by the celebrated Persian poet Atter, entitled " Bulbul Nameh, the Book of the Nightingale," all the birds appear before Solomon, and charge the nightingale with disturbing their rest, by the broken and plaintive strains which he warbles forth all the night in a sort of phrensy and intoxication. The nightin gale is summoned, questioned, and acquitted, by the wise king, because the bird assures him that his vehement love for the rose drives him to distraction, and causes him to break forth into those passionate and touching complaints which are laid to his charge. The Turks believe that roses sprang from the perspiration of Mahomet ; for which reason they never tread upon a rose-leaf; or suffer one to lie on the ground ; they also sculpture a rose on the tomb-stones of females who die unmarried. SPANISH CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.—It was during my stay at Trevino that I witnessed an instance of corporal punishment among the Spanish troops. I was looking out of my window one morning, and saw in a field, at some distance, two or three companies of Spanish infantry drawn up in line. From their situation, and the silence that pervaded the men, I suspected what was going forward, and watched to see the event. Presently the drummer stept forward, and, laying his drum on the ground in front of the line, a couple of soldiers, who ware standing apart from the rest, proceeded to take off their accoutrements, and knelt down, with their coats on, by the side of the drum. Upon this, about half a dozen men fell out with short sticks in their hands, and advancing one by one, inflicted five or six strokes a piece between the shoulders of the culprits, who, after the operation was over, very coolly got up , put on their belts, and returned to their places in the ranks. The blows, thongh few in number, were given pretty smartly, as I distinctly heard them from a considerable distance ; and when one of the men did not strike hard enough, I saw the officer go up and give him a cuff on the head to make him " do his duty."-7'tvelve Months in the British Legion. All the observatories of Europe are preparing to view the possible appearance, in the night of the 12th instant, of the periodical meteors which were first discerned and pointed out in America in 1833. According to a c urious memorial, published by Professor Olmsted, it appears that a meteoric cloud of numerous flitting stars circulates round the sun like a planet, and comes very near the earth at that point of 'its orbit which corresponds with November. The central point , of this mass of luminous bodies is fixed by the American astronomers in the constellation of Leo. The group can be visible at -Paris in the month of Novem ber, only from two o'clock in the morning till the sun ap proaches the east. At the same time it must be ob.ierved that the periodical appearance of these brilliant phenomena is very uncertain.-- Galignani's ,Messenger. SHIPPIN IGENCE VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE • TOM-HOUSE, Nov. 12. The Newton, Capers, from Gallipoli ; Princess V ictoria, Brock, Antwerp ; Cupid, Schutz, G ue rnsey ; Providentia ar- Fax, jun., ditto ; Atlas, Pearce, Boulogne; Janette, C penter, Cephalonia ; Levant, Cundy, ditto ; London, Lamb, Cape of Good Hope ; Elden, M'Alpine, Hobart Town Montserrat, Sowerby, Odessa; Florence, Dreds, St. Peters burgh ; Lion, Morrice, ditto; Rutter, Dipon, Odessa; Go vernor Harcourt, Douthie, Sydney ; Patmot, Mullins, St. Petersburgh ; George, Compton, Guernsey. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING. The William Jolliffe, Middleton, for Calais ; Neptune, Helms, Ostend; Caledonia, Whittimham, Hamburgh ; NI OII key, Cayell, St. Michael's ; Alarm, Happen, ditto. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The William Joliffe, Middleton, for Calais; Caledonia, Wittingham, llambrirgh ; Batavier, Dunlop, Rotterdam Clarendon, Fisher, Jamaica; Anna, Roberts, ditto ; Sir R. Barclay, Aitken, Havre ; Lord Hawkesbury, Overton, 05- tend ; Julie, Preager, Calais ; West Indian , Tu rner, Jamaica; Anna Maria, Zeplin, Zostock ; Dart, Buller, Guernsey Jane, Wood, Rotterdam. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST. sout h The Ludovico,Otto, for Dantzic ; Folkston , B liss, whale fishery; Arert, Haure, Seville; Resolution , F loreness, Norway ; Grescana, Zatke, Elsineur ; Secret, Ga tes, Azores. ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, Nov. 12. The Susquehanna, Cropper, from Philadelphia; United States, Iloldridge, New York ; Glory, Alexandria , ige . ; Donna Maria, Steel, Oporto ; Eleanor Laidmans, Greaves, Calcutta. ENTERED FOR LOADING. The Brutus, Dawson, for Africa; Victoria, Parkin, Bar badoes; Turbo, Johnston ; Boston ; Hebe, Thompson, Gi braltar ; Adelaide, Millman, Lisbon ; Carrol of Carrolton, Bird, New York ; Bess, Mostyn, St. Michael's; Emerald' Campbell, St. John's, New Brunswick; Ann, Brown, :Tri nidad. CLEARED OUTWARDS. The Renown, Kay, for Africa ; William Harris, Lull, Messina ; Superb, Reick, Elsineur; Cove, Cothay, Ne," foundland ; Agatha, Rotterdam ; Trafalgar, Jackson, M w Orleans; Letitia, Potts, Gibraltar; May, Dobson, Trinidad, Brilliant, Gibson, Jamaica ; Crusader, Williams, Calcutta Brothers, Poole, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Campbell, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Fenneguna, Rot tcrdam. Emerald, SAILED. The Thomas Mellor, Hutchinson, for Pernambuca; Golden Fleece, Baker, Bahia ; Cynosure, Bruce, Rio Janeiro ; M'Kenzie, St. Vincent's; Nottingham, Lethbridge, Africa; British Merchant, Berrie, Mobile; Alice Jane, Hunter, Val paraiso; Engelina, Bok, Rotterdam. TELEGRAPHED. Off Holyhead, inward bound, the Hindoo, from Calcutta; Majestic, Bombay; Modera A. S. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Intelligcncer of Saturday.) TRADE or LEEDS.—The staple trade of the district 0 in much the came state,as in our last notice. Some of the manufactories have begun to run short time, and the stocks in the Cloth Halls are slightly increasing. HALIFAX MARKET.—There were but few buyers in this market on Wednesday, and but very little busie ess , was done, although lower terms were in some instanc e ' submitted to. BRADFORD MARKET.—The demand for goods on Tile rs : day was much the same as that of last week. The tern, obtained were scarcely commensurate with the prices yarn, which the spinners are strongly disposed to keep UP' Their purchases of wool are comparatiVely small, and lover prices are obtained. BARNSLEY LINEN TRADE.—Business still continue° pretty steady here, and all hands are well employed. S e ' veral steam looms for the weaving of linen cloth have C O menced, which finish goods uncommonly neat. More ar e expected to be fixed shortly, and by this means the difficul t !, of getting the lower description of goods woven will be cis" away with. lcet ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, Nov. 7.—The mar . 0 has been dull, though more pieces have been sold 01 ,week than last. The pieces arc lower by three or fo ul ' shillings a couple. Wool is somewhat lower but no buyers. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, Norio(Pio . 1 ,. The Market still continues flat, and prices of common a nd or a l nary qualities of American depressed and unsettled, purchasers% ing the advantage of 1 / B d. to 1 1 1 d. per lb. decline, whilst for .110 qualities upwards full prices continue to be paid. All other lan f are exceedingly heavy of sale, particularly the lower qualitiq °. Brazil and Egyptian, the prices of which are nearly nominal. 1,, culators have taken 500 American, and exporters 150 Surats, ,t,;,, 64 American, and 50 Bengal. The imports for the we ek are--4,9i 0 bags from the United States, 7,762 from the Brazi ls, 2,099 ir.,°67 Egypt, 62 from Demerara, 1,018 from the West Indies , and 2,1 from the Brazils. The total sales are -1 d. d 4. 1. ' 121 60 Sea Islands 26 to 34 580 Maranhams ... 101 to i , Stained ditto 0 0 1,060 Pernams . ... 11i' ` 4,000 Bo weds ...... 7 ,1 —lli , Madras • • 0 --- o Uplands 0 -- o 0 I West India 0 --- '- 2,170 Alabamas - o 2,860 Orleans 7 8 — l2 Demeraras .... 0 --- 6 810 Surats .... o 140 Bahian 40 Carthagenas - 0 50 Bengals ... - Total, 12,270 bags.• We have no alteration to notice in our Cotton - Mar ket to" the The sales are estimated at 150 bales, at the current p rices of 1 week, chiefly American, from 8 1 / 2 d. to 12d. Taken on speculation this year Same in 1835 Forwarded to the country unsold this year 86° Same in 1835 Increase of import this year compared with the same date last year Increase of stock Increase of quantity taken for consumption Decrease of quantity taken for export .. 10,31° t spa Comparative View of the imports and Exports of Cotton in to st h from the whole Kingdom, from the Ist of January to th ,ot inst., and of the Imports and Exports for the same p erioa ' year : Into the Kingdom this year. Bagg', American South American West Indies, Demerara, &c. . East Indies Egypt, &c. -------- Total of all descriptions ... , 1,042,927 Same period last yells.. Bags. American South American West Indies, Demerara, &c. East Indies Egypt, &c. ............ Increase of Imports as compared with same period last year 1 63 Exports in 1b36. American, 20,765 ; Brazil, 6,292 ; East India, 62, 936; West India, 30; Other kinds, 20. . Total in 1836 9O 94,,°37"45n Same period last year Stock. s Nov. am ll, e time, 18 3 1 683 5 --- --- 242,7.........86° 2209 - • . w ooa P OWE RF U L MUSICAL BOXES, 1 °., 4 with cases, 12 inches long, by 5 inches wide, each playing Four offered Pt . the mechanism finished in a very superior manner, ore cw e it h Si , ' Five Guineas each. Also a few of the same descripti<ub with Airs, price Seven Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S', „,don• Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, Pv se llia N. B. The small musical boxes, 34 inches long, continue 0 g,s s . in tin cases, price 19s. each, or in composition shell cases, each. -------- On the 10th inst., atSuss ß ex place,TilSliammersmith, Mrs . ilearle' Hi - L.—,------ -- o w f ieo O a k i n the s - t o s n gtuh . aere l l 2 ,oo th tfha i ino n s s s t nt ..., , Mrs. Williamson, of Hunter-street, 011/115‘ ~ of daughter. in Grosvenor-street , Mrs. Brogue. of ien t, On the 10th inst., Mrs. VV. H. Jackson , of Brockley, a son. On the 12th inst., at Christchurch, Josi , p e dr . 9 rrei , Esq.,On o th f e c l h O e t l h sea i , n t s o t. eldest son of Peter John de Zulueta, Esq., of Carnberwen,,r,,., of to Sophia Anne, eldest daughter of Brodie M. Wilcox, PSI Dorset-square. RsteßhulrEchp, .Marylebone, ~,„,ktotu, On the 10th inst., at Wisbech, Ewell, Surrey D'' t° ,saatrahS,t.daJuoshhnt'se,r H ofoltlhonaayt,e T j h . ors 1 ".,..7.,,. og Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of the late Dr. Fraser. DIED. vi c hol ss On the 11th inst., at Woodton Hall, Norfolk, aged 2 2, .i.• Wrn. England, Es:ll.fvei: ' Nathaniel, youngest son of Dr. Yellowly. if li rW On the 17th of June last, on board the steam- boat, 4 ; cer eiCe' pore, Thomas John Dashwood, Esq. of the Bengal Cite'Sir 11. son of the late T. Dashwood, Esq. and nephew of the la Dashwood, of Kirtlington Park, OXfordshire. Fred efiel‘ On the 15th of September last, at Barbadoes, Captain _, c bel Mathews, aged 37, only son of the late Colonel Mathew;_,l by sea College. His death is universally regretted and law. _w,,, 1. the civil and military departments of the Island, in which he stipendiary magistrate. daug hter wif O e n of th e e . 1 T 2 t . h j Jones, n inst. es E a at ql.Valthanutow, Emily, the infant of the Hon. G. Massey. Catherine Alicia, On the 12th inst., in .Dover-street, Piccadilly, ''' On the 10th inst in Pall-mall, aged 37, An n ' daughter °I the late T. Barber, Es ” Snow-hin, Birming a h l an K t, e ag nn e i d ngBt2". On the 9th inst. ' (l On the 7th inst ' M Thomas Griffin,of the C a stle at' r. of t 0 1 „ fl ges , pi pe On the 10th inst. at Harrowgate, Henry, the r t , age' the Rev. E. L. Sayer, Curate of East Horndon, ss e AO, months. r 10- -oval, Lieut. Hiram Flly focoup age O d n B t 9 l:e A 9 lr tl . i jinasmt.e,sat Anderson.Turnham -green, and late of On , On the Bth inst. , at Bath, James Davis, Esq• , 3. et London: Printed and Published by_l4-1111D )10q.?16;, Ada 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 11 2, Strand, in *0 of PdidcUesex,-111onday, November 14, 1836.